There's more to rock bass playing than just following the guitarist's left hand! This book gives you all the tools you need to construct your own bass lines, creatively and effectively, in a rock context. You'll learn: tips on playing position and posture; warm-up exercises; essential scales and rhythms; building with octaves, approach notes and fifths; box shapes, pentatonic scales and blues; rhythmic variations; and more. The CD includes exercises and full-length tunes.

Spis treści:IntroductionGoal StatementAcknowledgmentsUsing the CDAbout the NotationPart 1 Some Basic Tips on Playing The Right Hand Position The Left Hand Position The Chromatic Warm - Up Exercise Let's Add the Metronome The Root - Five - Octave Exercise First Things First: Here's the Neck The Major Scale and Numerical System The Open String Position The Basic Rhythms Take A Little RestPart 2 Play the Root Using the Octave Adding the Fifth Approach Notes Chromatic Approach Scale Approach Dominant ApproachPart 3 Box Shapes, Pentatpnic Scales, and Blues The Walking Blues Line New Rhythms Anticipating the Downbeat Upbeats Sixteenths Wrapping It Up Full - Length TunesAbout the Author